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Conclusion
delusion is totally overcome. The rest of the defiling Karmas are destroyed at the end of that stage. The person thus attains omniscience and reaches the 13th stage.
That does not mean the end of embodiment, because one has to remain embodied till the end of that life. As such, the activities relating to the embodiment continue to take place. The omniscient Lord, however, remains indifferent to such activities and stays transcendental. In this stanza obeisance is offered to such transcendental personages. When an omniscient Lord comes to the end of that life, he gives up the body and gets liberated.
Here the question may arise, “The omniscient Lords have other significant attributes such as: infinite perception, infinite knowledge, infinite bliss, etc. Why are those attributes not called for while offering obeisance?' The reason is simple. This work has been composed mainly for those, who still have the sense of identification with the body. The purpose of this composition is to bring them out of that sense. It is therefore necessary to bring to their notice the state of dissociation from the bodily instincts. Obeisance to the transcendental nature of the Lords can be helpful to them in contemplating over that state.
There can also be other persons (mainly those belonging to stages 4 to 7), who stay indifferent to the physical modes. Whether the body gets food or rest, whether it gets hurt or is afflicted by a disease is immaterial to them. They are self-realized and stay tuned to the true nature of soul. Since the sense of indifference prevails in their minds towards all bodily aspects, such persons can also be termed as living transcendentally. Shrimad belonged to that category. This stanza is meant to offer obeisance to such persons as well.
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